Subj : Re: bbs and usenet
To   : All
From : Toaster
Date : Fri Apr 11 2025 02:51:20

From: Toaster <toaster@dne3.net>

On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:20:00 +1300
Dumas.Walker@f10.n1.z281.fidonet.org (Dumas Walker) wrote:

> > > Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
> > > usenet newsgroups.  It became increasingly difficult to do so,
> > > though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
> > > their services.  I still currently carry a few, like this one, via
> > > fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
> 
> > is there still traffic on fidonet?
> 
> Yes, some echoes more than others.  COOKING has several messages a
> day.  A couple of the political echoes have lots of traffic.  Others
> have at least a message or two a day.  Several probably need to be
> pruned.
> 
> 
>  * SLMR 2.1a * "I'm cold, and there are wolves after me!"-Granpa
> Simpson

thats great, i watched a documentary on bbs and im glad its still around

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